This is the one thing I want to do, that I can’t really do in Lightroom. So this is how to do it Photoshop by “painting” over the skin with correct colour flesh create a layer and call it skin texture / shine / somthing select the brush tool set it to opacity around 50%Continue reading “Getting Rid of SKIN SHINE”
Author Archives: Rebecca Frankel
Quick Lightroom Face Edit
To break it down what I do Remove spots – using the SPOT toot and HEAL – with Opacity set to 100% so the spot is completely taken out and feather around 80 (although could be lower down to 50%) and the size realtive to the size of the spots (usually 10 – 20). 2.Continue reading “Quick Lightroom Face Edit”
First Try Touching Up
Portrait photography and editing or doing digital touch ups is a funny one. Obviously at one end you have super specialists who touch up skin in highly technial ways to give air brushed cover looks. And then you have people who believe you shouldn’t change anything – the portrait is an accurate capture of someoneContinue reading “First Try Touching Up”
Focus fall out when shooting too wide
This photo is shot on f1.2 and notice how Charles earring is in focus but his EYE IS NOT! If you zoom in as I have did you can see. This is not ideal and is a reminder / a LESSON LEARNT that i need to shoot at at least f2 unless i am preparedContinue reading “Focus fall out when shooting too wide”
Effect of high contrast photos
I wanted to learn how to take photos in extreme lighting conditions, i.e. bright slashes of sunlight, and to manually lock exposure for the part of the face in the light, rather than to expose as an average across the face. This creates a HIGH CONTRAST images, where there is a an extreme difference inContinue reading “Effect of high contrast photos”
Perfect backdrop wall in my local park
Saw this beautifully mottled wall in my local park on a walk yesterday. Perfect colours and was great to pose ruth against – could get some distance so most of these were shot at 50mm and 80mm. I was testing out my “kit” lens – which was the Fuji 16-80mm f4 lens which was surprisinglyContinue reading “Perfect backdrop wall in my local park”
Female Poses I Like from Sue Bryce
Male Portrait Shoot with Poses
Female body posing is all about creating CURVES and playing up the hourglass ideal. For men it is more about angular poses I got some male pose inspiration for an outdoor park shoot from this guy on TikTok who’s profile seems to have been delated now : @houstonaaronray I met up with my pal inContinue reading “Male Portrait Shoot with Poses”
Using vintage Nikon 28mm lens
I started out learning how to do manual photography 20 years ago with my beloved Nikon FE2 camera. I had a small collection of old prime lenses that I bought from pawn shops. One of them is a Nikon 28mm f 2.8, which is actually a very useful focal length when attached to an APSCContinue reading “Using vintage Nikon 28mm lens”
Learning to Sculpt the Body
Learning to sculpt the body is about playing with angles and curves, and how to accentuate them to provide a compelling outline of the body. For women, this usually means an hour glass shape. So sculpting is about accentuating or adding curves rather than straight lines. And of course making people look good – soContinue reading “Learning to Sculpt the Body”
Learning Portrait Photography 